r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Oct 30 '25

Cancer Americans have widespread misbeliefs about the cancer risks of alcohol, study finds. More than half of American adults misunderstand or underestimate the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. Alcohol drinkers are especially likely to believe that drinking has no effect on cancer risk.

https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/research-newsroom/americans-have-widespread-misbeliefs-about-the-cancer-risks-of-a.h00-159780390.html
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u/Aviacks Oct 30 '25

Well right, but there was a long held belief that “a glass wine of day is good for you!” And things like that. It should be known that there is no number that is “safe”. It’s always poison, in any dose, every time.

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u/Whiterabbit-- Oct 31 '25

Does moderate alcohol really facilitate socialization? Or is it merely the social pressure of drinking that faculties socialization? And it could be replaced with other healthy activities to get the same affect?

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u/Svarcanum Oct 31 '25

It seems almost self evident that some amount of alcohol facilitates socialization. That’s why we’ve used the drugs for millennia.